Chinese New Year season in Singapore

We arrived in Singapore from Taipei during the Chinese New Year festive season (Chinese New Year is technically celebrated over 15 days).

Dragon Dance at Lau Pa Sat (Telok Ayer food court)

We had the good fortune to celebrate the joyous season in three countries, starting in Taiwan, followed by Singapore, and finishing in Malaysia. We were in Singapore for two nights before hopping over to Kuching. We would be back in Singapore again after our Malaysian trip.

Year of the Dog—in front of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore encourages creativity—many arts and design schools including high schools)Tag on the dog statue (sorry for the cat lover—we didn’t take a photo of kitty)

We joined the festivities on the waterfront, the entrance to the Singapore River. Here are some photos during this brief stopover.

Lantern festival at the Marina Bay Floating Platform

At the Marina Bay Seating Gallery (free concert and fireworks)Chinese New Year fireworksLanterns (depicting animals, flowers, buildings, etc) celebrating the year of the dogOn the waterfront with Marina Bay Sands in the backgroundTim enjoying the water view and cool evening breezeSpectra—light and water showWatching the light and water showArt Science MuseumBumboats (aka water taxi)—which we didn’t try.Lanterns for the dogsMore dog lanternEsplanade walk (along Singapore River)Lanterns outside the Marina Bay Seating GalleryThe Helix Bridge, a pedestrian bridge across the bay